Week 10 - Clusters of Stallions and Third Dam Sires
- Trevor Donaldson
- Nov 10, 2024
- 5 min read

Week 10 comprised the normal Saturday metro races in Australia plus black type races from Cup week (Tuesday &Thursday].
The Danehill stallion lineage produced 13 of the 33 black type winners throughout the country in week 10.
Snitzel remains the individual stallion with most black type winners after 10 weeks of racing.
The individual Stallions with the most "black type" wins after 10 weeks of spring racing in Australia:
9 wins
Snitzel [Danehill - Cluster]
6 wins
I am Invincible [Green Desert - Cluster]
Written Tycoon [Last Tycoon - Cluster]
Pride of Dubai [Mr Prospector- Cluster]
Too Darn Hot [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
5 wins
Fastnet Rock [Danehill Cluster]
Castelvecchio [High Chaparral Cluster]
Per Incanto [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
Street Boss [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
4 wins
Zoustar [Encosta de Lago - Cluster]
Star Witness [Soviet Star - Cluster]
ALL BLACK TYPE RACES - AFTER 10 WEEKS
"OVERALL" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin
BLACK TYPE RACES:
48 wins to Danehill cluster:
35 wins to Mr Prospector cluster:
17 wins to Green Desert cluster:
12 wins to High Chaparral cluster:
11 wins to Last Tycoon cluster:
9 wins to Encosta De Lago cluster:
8 wins to Storm Cat cluster:
7 wins to Galileo cluster:
ALL BLACK TYPE RACES AFTER 10 WEEKS:







The Stallion Clusters [highlighted in blue] for black type winners
has been updated after 10 weeks of spring racing:






"OVERALL" LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin
BLACK TYPE RACES:
101 wins to Pharos cluster:
Nearctic has 45 winners
Nasrullah has 32 winners
Royal Charger has 23 winners
17 wins to Star Kingdom
15 wins to Sickle
10 wins to Tourbillon [The mighty Byerly Turk stallion lineage]
4 wins to Pharamond
4 wins to Fairway
4 wins to Princequillo
4 wins to Tenerani
ALL RESULTS of week 10 [9th November]
"Week 10" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin
The Danehill stallion lineage was dominant with 20 of the 67 winners throughout the extended week that included Tuesday and Thursday during cup week.
Full results below - here is a short summary of week 10:
Danehill line stallions - 20 winners
Casino Prince x 2
Playing God x 2
Mr Prospector line stallions - 10 winners
Per Incanto x 2
Ribchester x 2
Encosta De Lago line stallions - 8 winners
Deep Field x 2
Zoustar x 2
Green Desert line stallions - 7 winners
Cable Bay x 2
Hellbent x 2
High Chaparral line stallions - 5 winners
Storm Cat line stallions - 4 winners
ALL RACE RESULTS - WEEK 10 [9th November]


LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin
Best performed "Third Dam" Sires in week 10 were:
CANNY LAD [Star Kingdom / Bletchingly]
Doomben - Felix The Scat
Stallion - Mendelssohn [Storm Cat cluster]
Ascot - Talkanco
Stallion - I'm All The Talk [Danehill cluster]
LAST TYCOON [Pharos / Nearctic]
Randwick - Gallant Star
Stallion - Zoustar [Encosta de Lago cluster]
Flemington - Tycoon Star
Stallion - Written Tycoon [Last Tycoon* cluster]
SIR TRISTRAM [Pharos / Royal Charger]
Flemington - Mr Brightside
Stallion - Bullbars [Mr Prospector cluster]
Randwick - St Lawrence
Stallion - Redwood [High Chaparral cluster]
As previously noted, Pharos will always be the leader in this section by sheer volume of broodmares from that stallion stem at nick 19 represented at the bottom of fourth generation [dam - grand dam - great grand dam].
The battle within of the big three lines at nick 21 is interesting and Nasrullah and Nearctic equal on 33 winners in week 10.
Pharos line third dam broodmare sires [in 4th Gen] - 33 winners
Nearctic x 18, Nasrullah x 10, Royal Charger x 4, Infatuation x 1
WEEK 10 [9th November] - All results shown here:



"WEEKLY" BLACK TYPE RESULTS
- Week 10 [9th November]
13 wins
Danehill cluster:
5 wins
Mr Prospector cluster:
4 wins
Encosta De Lago cluster:


"Week 10" LEADING FEMALE TAIL LINEAGE STALLION - nick 19 from Origin
16 wins
Pharos line Stallions at nick 21:
10 x Nearctic - 4 x Nasrullah - 2 x Royal Charger
4 wins
Sickle
4 wins
Star Kingdom
4 wins
Tourbillon [Byerly Turk lineage]
"OVERALL" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin
After 10 weeks of Spring racing in Australia....
Danehill dominates the “all” runner's leader board for winners
So the theory of “throw enough darts and you will hit the board more’ is true on Saturday metropolitan race meeting throughout Australia in Spring.
Danehill has 141 wins
Compare this to his closest cluster/s:
Mr Prospector, on 67 wins
Green Desert on 51 wins
Encosta De Lago on 43 wins
High Chaparral on 33 wins
Last Tycoon on 23 wins
Sir Ivor on 22 wins
Storm cat on 18 wins
Halo on 18 wins
Which Sires have produced the most wins
An interesting side note to this table of “stallion clusters” are the individual winning stallions after 10 weeks of Saturday metropolitan racing in Australia.
Here is a short list with any Stallion that has sired 4+ winners
17 - SNITZEL [Danehill]
12 - ZOUSTAR [Encosta De Lago]
10 - I AM INVINCIBLE [Green Desert]
10 - PRIDE OF DUBAI [Mr Prospector]
9 - PLAYING GOD [Danehill]
9 - WRITTEN TYCOON [Last Tycoon]
9 - AMERICAN PHAROAH [Mr Prospector]
9 - PER INCANTO [Mr Prospector]
8 - DEEP FIELD [Encosta De Lago]
8 - DUNDEEL [High Chaparral]
7 - CABLE BAY [Green Desert]
7 - TORONADO [High Chaparral]
6 - FASTNET ROCK [Danehill]
6 - HELLBENT [Green Desert]
6 - CASTELVECCHIO [High Chaparral]
6 - TOO DARN HOT [Mr Prospector]
5 - ALABAMA EXPRESS [Danehill]
5 - SHAMUS AWARD [Danehill]
5 - ALMANZOR [Mr Prospector]
5 - STREET BOSS [Mr Prospector]
5 - HARRY ANGEL [Waajib]
4 - HEADWATER [Danehill]
4 - PARIAH [Danehill]
4 - RUSSIAN REVOLUTION [Danehill]
4 - SMART MISSILE [Danehill]
4 - TRAPEZE ARTIST [Daneill]
4 - WANDJINA [Danehill]
4 - MASCHINO [Encosta De Lago]
4 - NATIONAL DEFENSE [Green Desert]
4 - SHALAA [Green Desert]
4 - BETTER THAN READY [Halo]
4 - SO YOU THINK [High Chaparral]
4 - CAPITALIST [Last Tycoon]
4 - STREET BOSS [Mr Prospector]
4 - PIERRO [Sir Ivor]
4 - SESSIONS [Sir Ivor]
4 - STAR TURN [Soviet Star]
4 - STAR WITNESS [Soviet Star]
4 - SPIRIT OF BOOM [Spirit of Boom is 24]
4 - JUSTIFY [Storm Cat]
4 - WAR CHANT [War Chant is 24]
"OVERALL" LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin
Pharos [269 wins]
Nearctic x 132
15 - Danehill
8 - Sadlers Wells
6 - Royal Academy
6 - Last Tycoon
5 - Be My Guest
4 - Lyphard
Nasrullah x 76
5 - Darshaan
5 - Rory's Jester
5 - Shirley Heights
4 - Irish River
Royal Charger x 52
8 - Don't Say Halo
6 - Sir Tristram
5 - Zabeel
4 - Sound Reason
4 - Grosvenor
Star Kingdom [51]
8 - Marscay
5 - Canny Lad
4 - Ideal Planet
Sickle [44]
Tourbillon - Byerly Turk line [27]
4 - Twig Moss
4 - Euclase
4 - Centaine
4 - Century
Princequillo [18]
Fairway [13]
6 - Vain
Tenerani [12]
Pharamond [11]
5 - Lunchtime
4 - Snippets
In Reality [6]
Donatello [5] - Forli [5] - Vandale [5]
Only 3 weeks remain in this recording of Australian Spring Racing.
The week ahead has lots of black type races in week 11 [November 16th]:
Thousand Guineas 3yo F - 1600m [G1] $1,500,000
Placid Ark Stks 3yo - 1200m [Listed] $500,000
Newcastle Hunter - 1300m [G2] $1,000,000
Spring Stakes 3yo - 1600m [G3] $250,000
The Beuford - 2300m [Listed] $300,000
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End of week 10




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